It is with sadness, at this time, but with lots of great memories to 
take that we are announcing the retirement from agility of Shasta.  
She has had an awesome agility career.  She started agility training 
back in 1999 in South Surrey, then when we moved to Campbell River we 
started training with Ian Pate and learned tonnes from him.  He saw 
the potential in Shasta and helped bring it out.  Shasta was 
originally trained by Debbie and competed with her for the first 6-7 
years of her agility career.  Debbie and Shasta attended the first BC 
AAC Regionals and finished 12 that year in the 22" Regulars division.  
They then went on and competed at the 1st AAC Nationals in Calgary.  
They performed great and came away with a top 25 placing.  Shasta has 
competed in 10 of the 11 BC Regionals and 4 Nationals as well.  She 
was on the podium 3 of those times with her best placement last year 
of 2nd in 16" Vets.  She has plenty of other titles as well but that 
just tells alittle of the story.  Her attitude out on the course was 
something to see.  She had the drive to want to go and the ability to 
do just about anything.  She has taught us many wonderful things about 
what fun it can be with our dogs and those they bring into our lives.  
Wishing her many more wonderful years as she continues to roam our 
farm and find someone who can throw the ball for her.  Thanks Shasta